Two purchases this year and both big hits.
Acidlab Drumatix: Tried an 8s and wasn’t convinced. A year or so Schneider’s Laden told me the Drumatix was out of production, so I was well pleased when klaus@acidlab replied that he had some Drumatix for sale. With the individual outs, tuning of the kicks, toms and snare, the second 808 modeled kick and snare (as well as 606 modeled) and the clap modeled on one of the classic Boss machines makes the Acidlab much more than an 606 clone. I had a Vermona DRM, still have a Tanzmaus, but for me the Acidlab is THE bread and butter analogue drum machine (luckily I’m over wanting a 909 or decent clone).
Digitone I wanted a portable, multitimbral synth (max budget 1.5k euros) with a deepish engine. No regrets I went for the Digitone (my second Elektron the first being my 7 year old OT). I’ve got some modest feature wishes, but there’s another thread for that. It is a unique and intuitive implementation (and for me fun and productive) take on FM synthesis. I’ve not used overbridge or audio out via USB, but to my ears, its “core sound” - which I guess includes the DAC implementation - is quality.